Naoko Tanaka studied painting and fine art at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and received a scholarship to study at the Arts Academy of Düsseldorf. She arranged group and single exhibitions in gallery Lu.Deco in Tokyo, Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Galerie von der Milwe in Aachen, Media Center Plasy in the Czech Republic, Art Association Wilhelmshöhe in Ettlingen, and in conjunction with the Kunstfilm Biennale at the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, the D/J Brand exhibition at the University Art Museum of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and the Temps dImages Festival at tanzhaus nrw in Düsseldorf. She also took part in COLINA2005  Collaboration in Art at tanzhaus nrw in Düsseldorf and in the Urban Fetishes project (initianted by Ong Keng Sen) at the Tanzquartier in Vienna.//www.naokotanaka.de